Classical Studies 2200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Bsc Young Boys, Maenad, Apotheosis

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 2200
• Professor: Aara Suksi

Document Summary

Ovid"s metamorphoses: a roman poet 43 bce 17 ce, educated, well-read, sophisticated, and witty, often alludes to both greek and latin poets, in a display of his knowledge, compare and contrast virgil. Highlights: creation and the four ages, compare hesiod"s two poems, lycaon (evil) and the flood, compare gilgamesh, deucalion and pyrrha (virtue, apollo and daphne, perseus, orpheus and eurydice, apotheosis of caesar. Ovid"s story of creation: first, chaos, shapeless confusion, order comes with separation of elements and establishment of boundaries, animals are created, finally humans are made, they alone can look up to heaven. Four ages: golden, saturn, peace, abundance, spring, silver, jupiter, season, houses, agriculture, bronze, war. Iron: evil, violence, greed, navigation, mining, impiety, injustice, assaults on heaven. Perseus: the slaying of medusa, the rescuing of andromeda, the marriage between perseus and andromeda, they then get transformed into stars.